Hughes Insurance Bursary
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Emma Haughian, Senior Marketing Manager at Hughes Insurance, said: “In partnering with the Mary Peters Trust, we have the ability to support young athletes from right across Northern Ireland. It means a lot to us as a community-focused organisation to help these talents get a little further in their journeys, particularly as we acknowledge how tough it must have been for them throughout the pandemic.”
The Mary Peters Trust is the only province-wide organisation to provide support to young athletes from all recognised sports. To keep up to date with those selected to receive a bursary, follow Hughes Insurance on social media @hughesinsuranceni or visit their website
Meet The Athletes
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Farrah McCloskey
Farrah McCloskey, a 19-year-old rugby player from Enniskillen has been awarded £500 as part of Hughes Insurance and Mary Peters Trust bursary programme.
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Toby Thompson
Toby who trains with Ballymena & Antrim Athletics Club is the latest young sporting star to be selected by Lady Mary and her Trust as part of the bursary.
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Shane Gallagher
Hughes Insurance have announced 16-year-old judoka Shane Gallagher as the latest athlete to receive a £500 bursary as part on an ongoing partnership with the Mary Peters Trust.
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Alistair McCreery
Hughes Insurance has announced that Alistair McCreery, a 24-year-old canoeist from Belfast, is the sixth athlete to have been awarded a £500 bursary as part of its ongoing partnership with the Mary Peters Trust.
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Aoife McGreevy
Aoife, who has been running competitively since she was 12, is currently working towards qualifying for the European U20 Cross Country Championships in 2022.
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Patrick Cumiskey
Patrick is part of Northern Ireland’s national powerchair football squad and is currently in training
for the World Cup, taking place in Australia in 2022. A hat-trick from Patrick, during a nail-biting qualifying game in 2019, decided Northern Ireland’s World Cup fate.
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Fionn Dobbin
Fionn, who started playing golf at just six years old, inspired by his Dad’s trips to the golfing range, is a member of Malone Golf Club and plays off an impressive handicap of 1. Having been selected as part of the Ulster team for inter-provincial championships numerous times and having represented Ireland.
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James & Max Skelton
Bangor based brothers, Max (15) and James (16) Skelton. Both players, who play for Ormeau Table Tennis Club in East Belfast, have received a £500 bursary each.
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